Title : Increasing blood oxygen increases an index of 5-HT synthesis in human brain as measured using alpha-[(11)C]methyl-L-tryptophan and positron emission tomography.

Pub. Date : 2005 Dec

PMID : 16157418






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1 The main objective of this investigation was to test the hypothesis that brain serotonin (5-HT) synthesis, as measured by trapping of alpha-[(11)C]methyl-L-tryptophan (alpha-MTrp) using positron emission tomography (PET), can be modulated by changes in blood oxygen. alpha-methyltryptophan lysosomal protein transmembrane 4 alpha Homo sapiens